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PM tBT52,JJirflrr lnl! n..l.l,U nf Phllaillphla. Ill th h tlnlti.il Htnlrn. Canmlft. or United 81t po.i- cmilnna. nostiKe f rte. flftv (nn) cent per mnmii. r.ni i Six (Ifll'rfollHm. rcr itnr. .aublo It ..!... iti nilvanr. AO HI! IIirflKll iniuilllirrvii-- .... u--.-i NoTicr Subcrlbr wishing nddrfan chansw ' tauat le old an i-ll aa nw nddrfa , BtfA. im WAt.nuT KEYStOrtE. MAIN IQOa , tTAddrtun all communications to ''"'"'K '" Ltigr, Independence Sviwrr. rhttmltlfMa. n. .it . i ' . .....I., aha f tl rlnltMP u tnOtltn Member of the Associated Press run tllltA I B AgllOCtATItn I'Mtna t reimriv c to !. " ' 0 ar republication ,"''"; (com i-rfdllCK la "" "?' ntninolar rrrrtlld r,Wt".Tnd 'Stii IM Keil .IUNrd JtHriehfa of rcpuoHcalion of jncrMI JUDotccs herein are olo rrini'i-!. . Jl .-W. 11.. I. It l titl Phllid.lpbU. lf.liifdtr. Aoiuit 2$, 20 A ror,.-S,ii,!ft.M '0R DnTefo"nenir'f the roi-W tron.lt !'"" ..I roHt'fiiflen hn't. M bulMIno or ti Trcr Mtirari. In trt ,1Jurum. Knlarormcut o the trnlor """,!".---,i00) to orewmmoilote thr populdtlon. BUSINESS BEFORE POLITICS THB temporary eousoHtlatltm of the Ilu renu of Hichwiiyn und tlie Rurpau of 'Street ClennliiK uniler one lienil s-hould be made prrmoiient. Thene burenus were separated by art of the CouneilH tindrr the mlmlnlHtratlon of Mflyor Smith for iiolltical rno. Tliey ehould be reunited for business reai-ons. , ' But the work of ronyolidntion nhould not top there. The Bureau of Surveys should be Joined with the other two bureaus lmvlnR jurisdiction oer the street-, fnder s-ueli ati arrangement it would be possible to pay a j generous salary to the hfad of the new con- iolidntrd bureau, a alnry tarpe enough to command the .services of a tirM -class expert. The Council has the authority to make "i'thls modification In the organization of the Department of rublle Works, for it Is em- powered by the charter "to organize mid from time to time reorganize an department ''of the city government." i , No d"sirc to take enre of certain men should be allowed to stand in the way of uthe plan. More politlcul capital is to he gained hv giving to the city a buMneslike administration than b keeping petty politi cal leaders in their jobs. - V HARDING AND A PEACE COURT IrpHE intimations that Senator Harding's J- Interest in the League of Nation is een- Stered ehlefly in the International court of rbltratlou now in process of formation tes tify to the appeal of one of the most vital . features of the covenant. The ideal machlmr of any partnership of governments is beyond question an au thoritative tribunal. American history in particular is replete with instances in which "issues containing the gfrms of un,r have rbcci! settled finally and amicnblj by arbitrn- ""lorb. Noteworthy accomplishments are the Alaskan boundary decision and the adjudi cation of the Alabama claims. The new l'ermanent Court of Interna jtlonal Justice, in the creation of which the j valuable services of nilhu Hoot have heen Unlisted. 4s n,u-'Hnd tinder the league eov 'enant "to heur and determine any dispute Jof au international character which the par ities thereto submit to it." Recourse to this tribunal i". moreover, by "no means the exclusive privilege of full inem- Wr of the league. Article XVII of the "covenant declares that "nonmembers shall be Invited to accept obligations of member ship in the league upon wuch conditions as the council shall deem just." It is evideut, therefore, that a notion dis inclined to accept the obligations of the much-disc'ised Article X is not barred from referring mooted question to a bench of Xpert jurists. As an advocate f the permanent court. H(Mr. Harding need not fear that his position i inconsistent with the historic trend of American public opinion. ' " LAST-DITCHERS REBUKED JpHE utility of the conduct of the Tenues-- see anti-suffrugists is now quite on a par with its disgrace. In untying the haud of fiove-nnr Huberts and enabling him to di-patch the notice of ratification to Secretury I'olbv the state Supreme Court dlfl what it could to efface the stain urm American Jurisprudence placed there by Judge I.nngford with his frantic and unwarrantable temporary in , Junction. v Doubt that the full citizenry of this re public, regnrdless of so, will he per mitted to take part in the Not ember elec Vtlon is no longer tenable. The additional court proceeding- threatened are prolmblj largely bluff. And in .in event It is incon Cclrtbl that the action of the Iglluture "and the governor of Tiuucssee will be nulli fied by legal profe-w That this state performed a good denl jirith such ill grace j however, most re- "grcttable. and results in a qualification of "public gratitude uhi'h would otherwise have been profound WRONG WAY TO END WAR NO MEMIiKIt of the International League of Trades dnuns is more hlfterly op iposed to war thun arc those cliiens who do sot belong to trades unions. 5 The International League, however, has a plan of itr own for preventing war. It Is not through the cstiiblish'meut of justice and fair dealing among nation.,, hut through the concerted refusal of the mrinbern of the Hague to nssiht In transporting troops ui- m the manufacture of munitions. The league Member apparently think that If the. pur sue this course there could be no war. y But their plan would not work unless they controlled au overwhelming inajofjty of the . Workers in the world. They do not jet con- .trol them. If they should he able to apply their plan in a single country against which far was waxed they would leave that coun try at the mercy of the enemy. The project riay loqk well on paper, hut It Is so im tiractlcal that it is not likely ever to be adopted. " M'ar cannot bo prevented In any such way. THE BRIDGE IS THE THING irfrtHE Heading Hallway can possibly fur nidh nrgumeutfl to show why It proposes 'U ralce tho far for live-passenger unto SeAllea on the Kalghn's I'olnt ferry from ' M-aty-p4l' to thirty elx cents. But the taunt' .tv.tp e-xcellent Tcagoat, incldlfl(f those' which way be advanced for the four-cent passenger rate on both lines to Camden, for Increased, charges arCnol apt td be appealing. The mounting costs' of existence chafes the public and deadens Its sennlblllty to explanations. What Is particularly Irrigating at the present time Is the dependence of this com munity upon ferry service. ItJ crowded and unsatisfactory and archaic. The real remedy does not He In the perfection of ferry transit nor lit the restriction of fares. The Delaware bridge Is the impcr'tlvc. necessity, the Indispensable reform. If there Is any satisfaction to be derived from new inconveniences In connection with the passage from Pennsylvania to New Jer sey, and vice versa, It Is to be found in tho Impetus given to Indorsement of the span. The public Is not at all content with the ferries, expensive or Inexpensive. Proper adjustment of the trans-Delaware transportation problem can come only with the sorely needed steel link between two great states. THERE IS A WAY TO STOP THE CROSSING TRAGEDIES A Whole New 8yctem of Safety Devices 9hould Re:plaeo tho Flimsy Con traptions Now In Use rV COl'ltSK there will be other grade- crossing accident. as appalling as that which has just shocked Camden. Probes unit promises w 111 follow In the usual monotonous sequence. Hut If the lessons of past experi ence count for anj thing, a great many more llcs will have to be sacrificed before rail way companies and the civil authorities gen erally are moved to co-operato In nn ordered plau not only to reduce the number of acci dents but to eliminate them altogether. Tragedies of this sort are preventable. Tlii j are almost unknown In some of the European countries. Meanwhile, th in creasing frequency of grade -crossing horrors In the t lilted States appears shocking even us It Is revealed in statistical records. Of the two hundred people who were killed nt railwny crossings in New Jersey during the lost fifteen years, thirty -six were MicrlHrrd during the lnt nine months. In the first six month of the present year theie were 'St" accidents at grade crossings in this state nnd sixty -three persons were killed outright. This general slaughter' is due. in pnrt at least, to the swift revolution that Ims oc curred lie methods of modern travel nnd to the inability or the iiuwlllinguess of railroads and public officials to keep step with the times. The fastest train service in the world Is maintained regularly on the Smith Jersey lines which cross highways burdened with motor traffic. Yet in many instances the grade crossings In New Jersey and in Penn sjlvania are unguarded or merely equipped with mechauical contrivances with a habit of getting out of keltcr. It is Common to suppose that the rare lcsnes of motor drivers is chiefly respon sible for crossing accidents. Hut reports Issued by the various public service com missions show that Vedestriaiis and the occu pants of horse-drawn vehicles are more ex pond to danger than those who go about in automobiles. Durlns one period of six Months in this state almost half of the g.ade-crossing vi"tims were afoot, iu car riages or in wagons. Yet motorcars made up the bulk of the traffic at danger points. Thero are more thnii 10.000 railway grade crossings In Pennsylvania, nnd the devices and appliances Installed for the protection of life at such junctions of heavy rail and rood traffic have been little Improved since the time when the public highways knew only horse-drawn vehicle. The roads of the country have become ar teries of traffic that I quite ns heuvy as that which moves over the rail?. Yet none of the care and ingenuity and inventive talent vnich made the modern railroad pos sible seems to have been devoted to the business of preventing collision and death at the innumerable places where the two great streams of traffic meet and cross. Worning signals of the accepted type arc lllmsy or inadequate contraptions. Safety gates of the American tpe are bj no means as safe as they ought to be. Ami Jt Is always to be remembered that there is neither a bell nor gates at most of the crossings in Penn sylvania anil at some of the most dangerous death traps in New Jcrscj. In European countries crossing gates are heavy, ahd once they arc closed it is virtually impossible for any one afoot or in motorcar to get In the path of an on coming train. Moreover, everj crossing that is In the least dangerous U guarded. Even with the most lavish expenditure of money and energy, u generation would be required for the ellmiuation of perilous crossings iu this state and New Jersey. In the meantime 't is plainly the duty of the public service coui..,iln to insist that the railway companies give serious thought to better protective devices than those now In use and that they provide guards at every danger point to make these devices effective. So long as railwny men and the clvij au thorities depend on hope and a red lantern or two, tragedies likt that which occurred at the Morgan street crossing in Cumdeu will become more frequent nnd more terrible. It is not too much to demand that Im passable gates and a competent guard be set up at every point where a heavily traveled highway crosses a busy railwa Hue. Any on who goes ubout Philadelphia and the city's suburbs will know that It can be only a matter of time until a shocking acci dent at one of the numberless dangerous grade crossings: in this vicinity makes the public aware of this tmd. The new Willow (Jrovc turnpike boasts one of the worst death traps in this part of the state. So does the much -traveled Washington lane at Wyncote. There is a crossing near Oreland that claims ita victims regularb. Tbe Baltimore and Ohio express trains go full tilt through Darby and cross the main highway with nothing but flimsy gates between them and the general traffic of the street. In the southwestern sectiou of the city dangerous crossings, some of them un guarded, are frequent. The Immediate diminution of such traps is out of the question. The railroad com panies, looking forwtird aluuys til a dim future in which thej hope to lift all their lines above or below the street level, have been, unfortunately. to cramped financially through governmental regulation to realize these hopes, and meantime have not im proved the safet appliances. The drain on the railway treasures due to accident claims must be enormous. It is impossible uot to wonder why, even as a measure of economy, the railway managers have uot sought surer methods thnii tinkling automatic bells which often forget to tinkle to rrdure the number of preventable fu tnlitics ou their lines of traffic When the Reading began the work of elevating and depressing Its tracks within the city area it was supposed by the public und by a good many railway men that grade crossings were dangerous only Iu cities. Enormous sums were spent nn that job. Slucc then (he development of motor traffic has been such as to prove that sooner or later all rail traffijklu thickly populated sec EVENIjTO. i?UBLtt) tEpGE'gmiPtteA,, W&MrV&b&PPB - - I 'i'- ' l ,.,,-... -..:, i.' 1.. ....:... ..... ',. " l ll.il., I ll I.I li i ! f ' tion will Hare to mow on t level of Howb nnd beyond the possibility of cotllslontltn tho encral traffic of the public highways. For years, public service commissions everywhere have been making verbal war on grado crossings. Tho railway companies have eliminated a great many of them. That work is enormously costly and It cannot be carried on to any great lengths In tho pres ent state of railway finances. It Is odd. however, to find that neither the public service commissions nor tho. railway Men have sought the,, less costly middle course which would lead them to seek new' and effective devices of a sort likely to make grade-crossing accidents actually Impossible In cases; where no one was flagrautly care less. Heavy gates, through which no one could pass, could be swung between tho railway and road traffic at all 'dangerous points. Every crossing could be guarded by a. com petent watchman day nnd night. If nil this were dfue we should only ap proximate the sjstem thnt Is old In many countries of Europe. Hecfclcssitest, or negligence Is. of course, respnuslble for some of the grade-crossing fueldents that are reported daily in the uewspapers, B.ut no oue is proof against mistakes. And thnt Is why mistakes rbat result so disastrously nH that attributed to the driver of the car which carried ten per sons to n sudileu and terrible death in Cam den ought to be made Impossible, It Is the habit of coroners' jurlrs to blame the chauffeur whenever a motorcar is struck by a railway train. But any one who Is at all familiar with conditions of trnfflc nt the points where railway and motor traffic meet. Is more likely to feel that If the drivers of motorcars were not as n rule extraordi narily cautious nnd skillful the yearly total of grade-crossing killings would be very much larger than It now Is. OUR INEFFICIENT RECORDING TF THE determination of City Council thnt - the recorder of deeds shall havo $7i00 to pa additional clerks. In spite of the veto of Mayor Moore, results In speeding up the work In the recorder's office its course will have some justification. Work In that office is so far behind that it takes six months to get conveyance papers recorded and returned to their owners. The large number of transfers of renl estate thnt hnve been brought nbout by the forced rmr chase of houses by tennnts has increased the work of the office, but not to such au extent aa to excuse the slowness, not to say the dllatorlness, of the office force. The work of the office 1 not .conducted In n businesslike manner. It I understood that each clerk has a fixed tusk to perforin each day. If he can do it in two or three hours he may spend the rest of the day ns he pleases. Such a sjstcui would uot last twenty-four hours in any successful private business. The clerks would be required to 4- be at their desks eight hours a day and to work while the.v were there. When the Mnjor vetoed the appropriation of ?7."00 he knew that the recorder's office was already overmanned for the work it had to do. The Council, however, decided to make the best of u bad system and do some thing to cut down the delay from which all persons doing business with the office suffer. The root of the evil, however. Is not III the inefficiency of the officers who hold their jobs by virtue of political favor. It Is in the antiquated system of keeping the records of the titles to real estate. The people of the state at the November election of 1015 authorized the General Assembly to change the system. They then adopted an amend ment to tho constitution by a majority of 17.1.000 providing for the registration, Insur ing ahd guaranteeing of land titles by the state or by the different counties. The plan contemplated by the amendment would do away with all delay hi transferring title to real property and all delay In nego tiating loans, for the registration of the transfer would be made and certified to when the pupers were presented at the recorder's office, and the transaction would be V;om pleted at once. It would do more than bring an end to the delay, for it would in sure the title nt small expense and the state itself would stand back of the Insur ance. When once the title was guaranteed it would no longer be neccssnry to search the records back for two or three genera tions to discover possible flaws in previous transfers, and each succeeding transfer would be made with expedition and with the assur ance that the purchaser could not be ousted. Although it is nearly five years since the authority was conferred on the General Assembly to adopt the land registration sys tem, it has not yet acted. One of the rea sons for Its Inaction lies In the fact that the adoption of the plan would naturally throw out of office hundreds of clerks who are part of a political machine. If the Oencral Assembly wishes to do something to relieve the people who are com pelled to buy houses at high prices. It can pass the laws contemplated by the consti tutional amendment and thus reduce the expenses incidenlnl to a transfer of realty by considerable amounts, as well ns ma terially improving and simplifying the system of title conveying and registering, COBBS CREEK VETO IS SOUND THE reasons, both general and bpecific, which Mayor Moore gave in support of his veto of the ordinance sanctioning an ex tension of the transit system on Cobbs Creek boulevard are entirely valid. Even apart from the United community sentiment against this proposed line, there is the plain necessity for safeguarding uni formly the city's boulevard systems and for protecting the municipality against long term franchises which may prove to be e ceedlngly onerous under changed conditions Iu the case of the nnosevelt boulevard due protection was wisely afforded by the "ten jear ouster clause," under which the cltv can force the transit company to remove Its tracks within the decade following their loca tion. Similar reservations in the Cobbs Creek case were certainly iu order. Furthermore, the link which the P. H. T desires to establish between the Market street and Orerbrook lines can still be mnde. since Sixty-first nnd Sixty-secoud streets are easily available for trolley service. The Cobbs Creek line would have been n su perfluous nuisance disfiguring to u hand some civic Improvement. West Philadelphians have u right to their victory, for It was grounded in souud sense. Dancing has become proper, according to tho president of the American Association of Dancing Masters, Winder If he has been going to the recent theatrical reviews. As the great vacation month draws to a close It can be safely prophesied that we are in for a spell of extraordinary line weather. . Our Dyspeptic Walter declares that most of the hogs who are eating corn just now will, unfortiitiHtely. never he good for bacon. Slogan for all political candidates; Hep, hep'. Watch your step! What jou need Js pep, pep, pep! One of the present housing shortage ccon omlsts may eventually build something worth while. Polrii wccp on Headline. But tliia in jngre thuu a brush with tbA eaejny. STAROAZINQ AND TIMETABLES What tho Every-Day World Owes to the Astronomer and Their Pains taking Calculations a ' ' THE death of so noted an astronomer u Sir Norman , Loekyer, who hta Just passed away, cfliis'cs genuine regret only to those who knew him or to those who delve Into the science to which ho devoted bis long and active life. Few branches of knowledge seem so re mote from the plain, cvery-day citizen; no other elas of scientist, perhaps. Is popularly regarded as so far removed from the actual ities of ordinary human life. In most people's minds, the. astronomer Is u sub limated, hermit-like being, set apart from his fellow men and with his great thoughts forever fixed firmly upon tho unfathomable mysteries of the farthest firmament, nnd never descending to such mundane things an affect the lives of moat of us. Yet It Is our ustronomers who mnke It possible for us to run our railroad trains as we run them it Is astronomers and astrono mers only who permit the passage of the limit, tlcet-wineed linerd that bridge our seven sens., it is astronomers who will be6 tne court of last resort tn tne nnni settle ment of the jnany boundary quest Ions Jhrtt will result from the wars: In Enrnne nnd it Is upon the work of astronomers that the whole course of our modern rushing" busiuess life: leans. I F THE astronomers of the world should go on strike tomorrow, three-quarters of the world's Income would be destroyed it year from now. And yel there Is no clns of men who get such a small ratio of this income compared trt the painstaking work they do nnd none who get so little thanks from the people whom they serve. The entire fabric of our modern life U based upon' correct time. The sun lri his dally course across the heavens was good enough ns a timekeeper for the primitive savages but today wi' almost split seconds In the determination' of some of our most im portant affairs. The sundial may do to tell you your dinner time, but the sun Is a most erratic keeper of hours and no clock can follow his vagaries. When he Is nt his highest point in the heavens, primitive man calls it noon. But civilized man. marking his time regu larly by clocks, finds that the sun ' some times early, sometimes late, nt clock noon and that this variation from clock Ume ranges up nnd down throughout the year, sometime.! being ns much as fourteen and a half minutes slow by the clock and sometimes: as much ns nearly sixteen and a half miuutes fast. Imagine a rnilrond system Irylng to ar range its timetable nn such n basis as that. And imagine trying to keep the clocks of the world regulated to such vnrlatlous. The savage does not know of this vari ation. It means nothing to him. He has nothing particular to do and nil day to do it In. Hut trains must enter nnd lcare great stations here within a minute, they must reach other stations on n definite plan of time, especially n junction where other trains must be met, and so some one lias had to devise some definite way of keeping absolute time and letting the world know just 1kw its clocks stand. ASTRONOMERS have studied the snn no long nnd so carefully that they can pre dict for any date in the future, just exactly how early or how late he will be at clock time when he reaches that point half way between rising and setting. And, by their studies of the stars with their relation to the sun and earth, they hare devised an elaborate system by which they can tell absolutely exact time and so they have com to regulate the clocks of the world and to make It possible for us to pick up a time table and look at our watch and so know whether it is time to kiss our wife a hurried good -by, Jam on our hats nnd rush to tho station to get the morning train for town. AT the Naval Observatory at Washington there is a telescope mounted in n cer tain wny and known as a transit instru ment. That telescope Is really the standard clock of the United States and for all of the waters adjoining our shores. The works of the clock are tbe mighty forces that move the universe; the hands are the enormous and unbelievably distant suns that we call stars. The stars, in their daily courses, have none of the vagaries at our own sun. In the Illimitable circles in which they swing, they march majestically on, regular In their progress, almost un deviating In the tiny spnn of time covered by the life of a generation of men. It is by the stars or, rather by a point among the stars called the Vernal Lqulnox that the astronomer keeps his time. He calls it sidereal time. As man used to call It noon when the sun reached the highest point in the heave-j. for the day, so the astronomer calls It sidereal noon when the Vernal Equinox reaches its highest point. That point Is shown by the transit instru ment. SIDEREAL- noon comes earlier each day - by about four minutes of our clock time. So the astronomer has his sidereal clock regulated to tell sidereal noon and he can, by his knowledge of the vagaries of the sun, calculate each day what time It will be by his sidereal clock when the ordinary clocks of the world ought to be pointing to noon. Five minutes before that time comes, the clock in the observatory at Washington is connected by telegraph to the land lines of the country and the signals i.re sent broad cast. At the same time, the land lines are connected to the big wireless stations at Arlington, Vn at Key West, Fla.. and at New Orleans, nnd every tick of the observa tory clock is hurled over the ocean except ing only certuln ones omitted to facilitate counting by the receivers. t'pon these signals, on land, the running of the trains upon the schedules on your timetnble Is absolutely dependent nnd every big business deal is planned at a meeting tinted by the watches regulated to it. Offices and factories open to it, whistles blow the nooh hour In answer to It, millions of people take off their working clothes unci hurry home to dinner when the man In the ob.-erva-tory tells them it is time to do so ON board ship, the wireless operators every noou listen with phones on ears, their fingers on the key of tne buzzer to the pilot house and there the first mate bends over the all-important chronometer until the sg nn! comes. Then, with pencil and paper, lie figures out by how much the chronometer iR wrong and upon that figuring is based the working up of the day's sights to determine the poMtlnn of the ship. Without this checking up. the chronometer on n long voyage might err to such an extent that the position worked out would be ten or twenty miles wrong and in darkness, fg or storm, this would in many cases write another namo upon the long list of tragedies of the sea. This is but a very brief and very rough outline of only one of tho nuuy thlugs that the astronomer does that vitally Connect him and his work to every home and every busi ness house iu the whole world of civilized humanity. And it Is such outstanding men as the late Sir Norman Lockycr who make possible the exact calculations which enable the lesser men. In tbe cvery-day work of the observatories, to run our trains nnd our Milps ond !r,,P million workmen from being fined for coming Into to their places in mill or factory. Guests on Marconi's yacht danced, In tho harbor of Naples, to wireless music played by an orchestra in London, It in Mnmi-thlnz to remember that all Eurmi., i ducty' to wuelc made in the Ualttd titateg ?) ' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best WILLIAM A. 3TECHER On the Olympic Games THE victory up to date of the Amerlcap athletes in the Olympic games at Ant werp, a triumph which has distinguished the track and field events of every meet since the ancient Greek classic has been revived, reliects the broader educational policy of this country along physical lines. In the opinion of William A, -Stctcher, director of the division of physical training of the public schools of this city. "While our physical education has been broader and alone more reereatloual lines," be ald, "that of the European nations has been narrower and more formal. "Thus there are three general systems of physical training in the world today. There is the Swedish system which consists of the more stilted forms of exercise, in line with the training of the militarists, with Its calis thenics, its apparatus work and its gym uattlc features. Then there is the English system which embodies some of these fea tures and a modification of some of our own methods. Our own system embraces the niost radical of the three." It is a more ac tive system. Speed, agility, a blithesome, buoyant frame of mind, arc Its keynotes. "For instance, 'you will notice that America was successful in the sprint races, the jumping events, the all-around forms of exercise, such as the decathlon, and that she placed well In the middle distance runs. Our System's Advantages "That reflects after all the school train ing of the bojs. They had the running and jumping, the active outdoor games all a compulsory part of their work and all taught in a care-free, competitive fashion that was bound to make Its Influence felt In such an athletic test as the Olympic games. The European nations on the othor hand did not have so much of the outdoor work. Their forms of exercise too were not the quick, agile ones thnt the American athletes had experienced. "Then, too, there Is more of the clement of Initiative In the American physical train ing. This counts heavily in a close race or any other form of phvslcal contest. "On the whole, our school nunlls have had more of the outdoor educational life than the other nations. The Importance of this factor Is seen in the showing made by the northern countries such as Finland and Sweden, who have u grent deal of tbe out door life. England, no doubt, would havo made a better showing if it had uot beeu for the war. Much of her effective man power wns used up; Industrial conditions too have affected her physical life. "Then ngain. without wishing to indicate that this accounted for the victory of our athletes, we must consider the question of comparative national health. Most of the countries of Europe at the present time fte iu much poorer health nationally than wo ure. Nearly every country over there, to some extent ur other, Is suffering more or less from malnutrition. This may not hnve aflectea me periormnmc or their ntnlttcs, but It does show the state of national stamina. "Cllmute, too, was an important factor In the games. It is significant that the coun tries with the more Invigorating northern cllmatfs made the best showing in the con tents. Take our country, England, Finland and Sweden, and compare them with Prance. Italy, Spuln and others, nnd the result tells the story. "Then again we ure u far wealthier coun try and have a greater population thun most of our competing countries, but ou the other hind we were far from home with the several disadvantages ot distauc. ; vve could only send a limited number of men, while some of the other countries lotihl put nil their available men into the various events. "The American boys had tn take u long and fatiguing spa trip, with its limited opportunities for exercise. Hut on the other-bund there was the stimulus of com peting In foreign lands before the eyes of the world, a factor thnt always brings out the best In American sport. American Physique Better The American athlete ban li quicker, more nervous temperament than his Euro perin rivals possess. This made him quicker at the start ami In general milled a xest to his performances thnt went far -In determining the finnl results. "There is a ' is a imtlonul herltuKe of bejkli, I th,. metIiodn ici'd" u'm-H l th.) Murphy! nd atature that mrlh TaggarU in his own cltaM l ' IMxtattti 1920 'WHILE THE GETTING IS GOOD Tim TW a"fJ2a tt!Ps F M the games to this country. With the ex ception of the Finns and the Swedes, our men were of greater stature and inherent strength than the representatives of other nations engaged. "This means a great deal, because In addition to the physical advantages, obser vations and measurements have shown that the average American child Is bigger and much more active than the average little one In the countries of Europe. "This has been impressively shown In another way. Immigrants coming to this country are, ou the whole, of comparatively short stature. In the great majority of cases, their children raised under American Influences grow to be much taller and gen erally bigger and more virile than their parents. "Then, too, there bos been a more gen eral education physically, a more democratic one in this country than In any other coun try, England alone possibly rivaling us. In many of the countries in Europe, most of the physical training was obtained in tbe army and it wns certainly designed to get military results. "The victory of America over the nations of the world can then be ascribed to the more general and broader physical education of its boys, to the healthy competitive and recreational spirit fostered in our schools nnd colleges and to the quickened intelligence nnd Initiative which such training develops, a lesson, I believe, which the rest of the world will apply to itself in the near future." It Is no longer n theory but a tradition which confronts the antl-suffraglsts. After the "noisy motorists" have Inter viewed the magistrates there won't be a peep out of them. Interested observers In European affairs might discover in them excellent reasons for not selling Hog Island. The tragically stereotyped phrase "death in grade crossings" must be made to read "death to them." But the Washington reports do not in dicate that Governor Cox has asked the President to take the stump for him. The price of lamb chopB has come down in tho markets, but some restaurant pro prietors huvo not yet heard of it. When are the women's political com mittees to begin to tell the newly enfran chised how to mark and fold u ballot? The nntional archery tournament Is; on at Vv ayue, but the absence of a large num ber of men gifted in drawing the long bow was notable. The prophets who foretold the presence of Soviet holdlers in Warsaw wcro right iu everything save a misconception of the nus plccs of tho "invasion," The Mayor has gone to an unnamed plnco for bis vacation. There are certain uiiregenerate men who would gladly name the plnce to which they would like him to go permanently. - If the actors who applauded Senator Harding's denunciation of the star system surrendered an-, thing but the persounl ..apt rations of their competitors, we hnve indeed reached "the dawn of a new era." Why Is It that nn Infinite number of the fair, who ordinarily powder their noses zealously ut tho slightest provocation, are proud to return from vacation resorts with these snmc noses burned, as you might say, to a frazzle? Home of these Europeans have names that ought to be changed. When Poland was belnit charged with unprovoked ag. gresslou she had a premier named Omhskl, And noe 'f-rnl Wriingrl Is bcroinlug the center International urgiinirul. Governor Cox. In his slush fund charges, obi'rnr-s Unit Jr. Iliitdlng inuy nut know all that s being done bj hU ussocl ates In the camiiaiirn. We presume, of uirsc. nun mt, v ox is inuy inrnrmed nboul and , ., V 41 "1 What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What la the civil service? 2. What is tho literal meaning of the word trousseau7 3. What general haa been directing th re cent military operations of the Polish army? 4. Who wan Themlstocles? B. Who wan prime minister of GrtM Britain during the American Revolu tion? 6. What Roman goddess wns associate! with the moon? 7. What was the nationality of Gustav Dpre, the artist? J. Where are the Oraat Smoky mountains? 5. Who was the fifth President of the United ,, States? 10. What are tho r .tties of the two tropic lines? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The latest figures by Lloyd's accredit Clreat Britain with the largest mer cantile marine fleet In the world, with the United i'tates second on the Hit and Japan third. 2. The original form of Napoleon Bona- parte'H name was Napoleonc Buona parte 3. "Sally In Our Alley" Is by Henry Carey. an eighteenth century English writer. 4. The desert of Gobi comprises the eastern division of the great central Asiatic Imsln, constituting tho grtutcr part of the region known as Mongolia. 5. Charlee Wnrren Fairbanks, Vice Presi dent under Roosevelt, wus known as the "Indiana Icicle." C. Magenta Is a brilliant crimson aniline dye, discovered soon after the battle of Magenta In Italy, In 1859. 7. "H. Kolehmalnen wo the winner of the marathon race In tho Antwerp Olympic games. S. A tabor Is a small drum, one used to ac company a pipe. 9. Richard I, king Of England, was known aa "Coeur de Lion," or Llon-heartod. 10. He reigned from 1186 to 1109. TO TWILIGHT THOU dim nnd most sequestered hour, When opens wide tho pale moon flower, When crickets chirr and moths confer, O grant me passion, grant me power! The passion which is cctasv, The lyric power to sing of thee, Thy sheer excess of lovcllnrss, The sense of thy tranquillity 1 Though thoi art lonely as a star That burns within the void afar, Yet would I rest upon thy Dressi, Forgetting all sad things mat ares Pln..Hn tl.t linAlltV HtfA fl bride. Would 1 drift down the slumber tide, Forevermore to tlmt lair snore Where only Iqvc nnd song nblde! Clinton Scollard. In the New York Bus. Philadelphia bojs scored slytifD j America's points at Antwerp. Sixteen w one city is more than fair reckoning. Cut out the cutout, and remember J tht good motor drivers like Barney OWMd their racing on specially guarded tracics. This is-Indeed a funny wor Id. P l Insists that he is solvent. And the .m shcvlsts insist that they have a fOVMB ment. Life Is becoming normal, uroenob. Another bandit, with a penchant for m nuppimjs nnd ransoms, Is at iare Mexico, The commuters fro , probably b'.lDn'nl to understand the enthusiasm of b b lopni ij No ticket books are quite so precious as old ones. If the League of Nations at any blockaded a recalcitrant, how ' , I'nlted States, even If not a member, remsi uiiuffccted? It Is to be hoped that the knew of JM gods on which so many important quw Fepose are conforming to all the "" tlons of the season, Th hletest surnrlse of the Couinllii E . "develop b.. ,ff kidnap; Wig case will ' shown thai The Crank ... --,.- -- . , , nas, '""' perhaps, told the truth. . Ilundre.ls of purngrnpliers. 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